292 MISC. PUBLICATION 243, U.S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
Cusa: Pinal Mayari, Wright 3467. Woodfred, Shafer 2997, 3018; 
Ekman 9101a. Sierra de Nipe, Ekman 2118, 2207, 3201; Hitchcock 
23414. Pinar de Micara, Hkman 15896. 
Haiti: Pérodin, Ekman H 3431. Carmillan, Ekman H 5688. 
Dominican Repusuiic: Moncién, Ekman H 12943. La Cumbre, 
Ekman H 11482. 
Pusrrto Rico: Sierra de Naguabo, Shafer 3481. 
FIGURE 279.—Panicum viscidellum. FIGURE 280.—Panicum joorii. Two views 
Two views of spikelet, and floret, of spikelet, and floret, X 10 (type). 
X 10 (type). 
87. Panicum viscidellum Scribn., U.S. Dept. Agr., Div. Agrost. Cire. 
19: 2. 1900. Mexico. 
Vernal phase with culms ascending from a spreading or creeping 
base, villous; nodes bearded; sheaths villous; ligule 2 to 4 mm long; 
blades velvety-pubescent, 5 to 138 cm long, 9 to 13 mm wide, sub- 
cordate; panicles 4 to 11 cm long, rather densely flowered; spikelets 
about 2 mm long, sparsely pubescent (fig. 279). 
Gravelly banks, fields, and open forests, Mexico to Colom- 
bia; Cuba. 
Cusa: Isla de Pinos, Ekman 11651, 11712, 12128, 12406; 
Britton and Wilson 14357; Palmer and Riley 1065. 
88. Panicum joorii Vasey, U.S. 
Dept. Agr., Div. Bot. Bull. 8: 31. 
1889. Louisiana. 
Vernal culms spreading or ascend- | 
ing from a decumbent base, glabrous, 
20 to 50 cm long; blades mostly 10 to 
15 em long and 10 to 15 mm wide, 
often somewhat falcate, glabrous; 
panicle 5 to 8 cm long; spikelets 
about 3mm long, elliptic, pubescent. 
PRD ye USAIN 1 AIR Autumnal phase widely spreading, 
‘two views of spikelet, and floret, X 10 (typo). branching, the ultimate branches in 
short dense fascicles (fig. 280). 
Low swampy or sandy woods, southeastern United States; eastern 
Mexico; Nicaragua; Greater Antilles. 
Cusa: Batabané, Hkman 12596; Léon 14201. Sancti Spiritus 
Mountains, Léon 6457, 6595. Ciénaga de Zapata, Roig 2205. Guan- 
tanamo, Hkman 10297. 
Haiti: Lomielle, Ekman H 6189. 
